UK Tories Set High Bar for Hopefuls to Succeed Truss as Premier.

The UK Conservative Party set a high bar for candidates to succeed Prime Minister Liz Truss to even get on the ballot paper. Truss said Thursday she was quitting as prime minister after a tumultuous and brief period in office in which she announced an economic package that roiled the financial markets before sacking her finance minister and backtracking on most of her planned tax measures. [Extracted from the article]